What aircraft do they use?

I think that DL may use one of their recently acquired Boeing 747-400s from Northwest on the flight, but don’t quote me on this.

Does anyone know if this true or not?

Also, I notice the flight is ATL-LAX-SYD…does that mean that the pax travelling from ATL will be made to get off the aircraft in LAX and then re-board along with all those pax that just fly the LAX-SYD sector?

Apologies to Steve for kind-of highjacking his thread, but its still roughly on the same subject!;)

“Upon landing the Governor exited the jet and travelled to his house.”

Once he’d landed safely, why did he just ‘go home’, was wherever he going not that important in the end or was he returning home from somewhere?!:confused:

And why wasn’t there a helicopter on standby so that he could of just gotten off his a/c and then run across the tarmac towards it shouting “Get to the chopper!”…:D:diablo::o

Excellent, certainly made me chuckle, that’s made my day!

BA chief executive Willie Walsh…”Most holidaymakers have to settle for a fortnight on a sun-kissed beach, never knowing what it’s like to part of the glamourous, jet-set aviation industry, where everything is beautiful.

Despite the article just being a joke, I do just want to dispell the myth that working in the aviation industry is ‘glamourous’ and ‘everything is ‘beautiful’…couldn’t get more far from the truth even if it tried!:D

“But few experiences can compare to the thrill of putting tags on luggage while fat sweaty *******s scream at you about things that clearly aren’t your fault.”

Don’t knock the whole article, the above quote is quite accurate actually, its just not as ‘thrilling’ as it may suggest…lol.:)

Yes, its been confirmed that the Captain passed away mid-flight but cause of death has not yet been confirmed, however, “natural causes” has been speculated as the reason.

The aircraft/flight (CO61 from Brussels, BRU, to Newark, EWR) has now landed; it was given priority landing status at EWR, but it was not at any risk whilst in-flight as there was a reserve Captain was onboard who was able to take over.

Sad news and my thoughts are with family and friends of the deceased Captain.:(

Nice shots there Rob, always nice to see some EasyJet/Ryanair shots from you…:p (only joking mate!)

Aurigny ATR has to be the pick of the bunch for me, although that TCX A320 caught my eye too as I noticed the Jazeera Airways logo on the engine cowling, have they leased this particular aircraft from them?

Wow- love the QATAR ones 🙂

Me too, great shots!

Noticed that Qatar have followed Emirates in putting their name on the underbelly, how long has it been like that for?

…how cool calm and collected Capt Sullenburger sounds in such a dire situation!!!

Think that comes down in part to the training (i.e what to do when all hell breaks loose!), doesnt it?:confused:

Anyways, I had the pleasure of checking in Mr Sullenburger and his wife a couple of days ago when he was flying out of LHR…a true gentleman and a legend in my opinion!:)